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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️

@erinryanhey.bsky.social
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disabled writer, speaker, educator, and creator | 🏳️‍⚧️ Profile:  white person with glasses and brown hair, smiling Banner: my life has always been a continuous struggle with ill health and ambition, and I have mastered neither.

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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
McDonald’s Monopoly as a recession indicator is all fun games until you see the prizes you can win this year. This is a real screenshot I took from the app 🫣.
$50,000 toward college debt pay down (three of three available) and $50,000 toward home down payment (three of three available) with Monopoly imagery on the app
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Train 💯. City center to city center can’t be beat.
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It was the 1900s. Concert tickets were $16.50. I was 15 and went home with a poster I would display in my first college dorm. I swear this should act as some sort of AARP card for elder millennials - coffee and discounts kind of thing.
A concert ticket from 1999. MASS concerts presents blink-182, silver chair, and Phoenix tx. Tsongas Arena Lowell. No smoking/tape/cameras.
Friday, November 12, 1999 7:30 PM 
General admission  $16.50 
Service charge $5.50
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Grant Lorrell @grantlorrell.blacksky.app · 12/09/2026
A challenge for legacy-press is that they plainly sympathize with the reactionary grievances of the GOP (their eager amplification of "CRT" attacks demonstrated that), but can't be seen openly co-signing them. So they launder those attacks through "Just Asking Questions" moral panic coverage.
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Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The ghost of Adam Smith: Ok so what's the supply? Me: Oh it's fucking garbage lol The ghost of Adam Smith: And the demand? Me: Buddy you're never gonna believe this but
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“You can pick up a shirt from a rack, drag it onto yourself to try it on or rearrange the display as naturally as you would in a physical store.” ai promotional stuff is so funny bc if you think about that sentence, that’s actually NOT a natural thing to do in a store. And it’s on the front page!
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Dashboard Conventional
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ohh haha no! I was using the collective “we” because I feel a connection / bond to disabled organizers from the past. I was in kindergarten when the ADA was passed.
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Ah I get that! No - years ago I believe there was a web version, but I can’t find it anymore 😫
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
That’s a great question! The first thing that comes to mind is to save as PDF and maybe your settings would allow dark mode of that? LMK if that works!
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
In Massachusetts, when MAiD was being considered by the Supreme Court, 19 Disability Rights Organizations filed an amicus brief that clearly and convincingly makes the case that laws of this nature are inherently ableist. I share the brief in full every chance I get. dredf.org/wp-content/u...
dredf.org
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
OK, I looked it up and there *were* some great takedowns at the time. We still shouldn’t have let it invade grocery stores for the next decade though.
Greg Kot in the
Chicago Tribune also referred to the song (in his report on Mayer's
appearance at the Crossroads Guitar Festival) as "[perhaps] the most spineless social-justice song ever written. It advocates a passive approach, whereas the song it most closely resembles --- Curtis Mayfield's classic
"People Get Ready" --- urges everyone to get involved, or risk being left behind"Pitchfork found in the track "the gravitas of an infomercial but only a fraction of the soul", giving it the least grade
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We never got angry enough about John Mayer’s 2006 “Waiting on the World to Change.” He’s literally walking by the empty spaces left by the twin towers in the video. It’s like the opposite of an anthem or protest song. It’s a spineless message of complacency over a literally stolen melody.
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 10/09/2026
There is No Workable Moderate Position on Transgender Rights www.patreon.com/merrittk/pos...
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Ethel Weapon @lousadzak.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
This is the kind of thinking that in the UK led to transphobic opinions being deemed first “worthy of respect”, then rapidly normalized across the media and politics, then finally used as a justification for trans people’s rights being decimated in healthcare, court proceedings, and ubiquitously.
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It’s a beautiful rainy day to vote for Ed Markey! Sending love to ALL the campaign staff and volunteers on progressive campaigns who practice the relentless optimism inherent in trying to make a better world 💙.
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Good morning ☀️!
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I think Moulton is most MA primary voters 3rd choice - many Dems would’ve preferred Markey pass the torch to a progressive (Pressley). But if that is not gonna happen, they still vote Markey *despite* his age (2nd choice). Moulton wants voters to elect him *because* of age. #mapoli
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Of course! I think I remember you from the other website 😊. Glad to hear your kiddo had a good experience - it was such a special group / experience.
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The Markeyverse was the first time I felt valued as a disabled volunteer and I’ll never forget it. Don’t agonize, organize 💜.
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veery @veery.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Harriet McBride Johnson took him to task for this www.nytimes.com/2003/02/16/m...
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Unspeakable Conversations (Gift Article)
Harriet McBryde Johnson article recalls her meetings with Princeton Prof Peter Singer, who argues for infanticide of extremely disabled babies; Johnson is lawyer who is severely disabled and is disabi...
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Just a few days left to watch in Disability Pride month!
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Please help me get the word out. I am asking not currently disabled people to commit to watching Crip Camp this weekend. It’s only 90 minutes long! It’s on Netflix! It’s family friendly! But it’s also an incredible primer on disability rights. erinryanhey.substack.com/p/disabled-p...
erinryanhey.substack.com
Disabled People Need You to Watch the Documentary ‘Crip Camp’
Don’t Wait Another Weekend
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Today I’m 15 years alcohol free. I never had a rock bottom, and I didn’t drink every day. But when I did drink, I didn’t have an off switch. Tried moderation - and it worked! 9 times out of 10, I could moderate. I finally decided it wasn’t worth playing with that 1 time, and I was right ☺️ #sober
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
If you’re at all curious about the background and fight for passage of the ADA, I implore you to watch the 2020 documentary, Crip Camp. It’s not just about a summer camp! open.substack.com/pub/erinryan...
open.substack.com
Disabled People Need You to Watch the Documentary ‘Crip Camp’
Don’t Wait Another Weekend
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Also have you done Catwings? My kids loved it when they were little and it honestly might be my favorite LeGuin.
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
once I got so frustrated that the post office made you buy tape that I purchased a big thing of packing tape and asked the people in line to make sure it stayed on the little desk for other people to use
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
In case you had any doubt how Seth Moulton feels about the backlash to his throwing trans kids under the bus. He repeats that he should be “allowed to have a conversation” about contentious issues. That’s fine, but human rights should not be a contentious issue. Trans rights are human rights 🏳️‍⚧️
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Bunch of old people protesting with a sign that reads stop gender in all caps
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Peter Singer was the original debate me bro. He was obsessed with getting disabled scholar Harriet McBryde Johnson to admit that her life was not worth living. Assisted dying has always been a right wing project. Read Johnson’s ‘Unspeakable Conversations,’ NYT 2003 sites.nd.edu/ten-images-f...
sites.nd.edu
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Citizens United was actually the name of the film company trying to get networks to play their anti-Hillary documentary near Election Day. That got it to SCOTUS, which ruled that individuals / nonprofits could not be restricted in spending. Suddenly $ didn’t need to go through campaigns anymore.
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I’m sorry 😣. I was lucky to be able to testify against physician assisted death at the hearing in my state. I hope this brief can help in the debate.
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Honestly, I would quote every page of the amicus brief if I could, but the table of contents alone tells a pretty clear story.
ARGUMENT 23
I. Assisted Suicide is Part of a Long History of Discrimination and Bias
Against People with Disabilities. 23
A. Disability Discrimination in Medical Settings. 23
B. Bias in the Medical Profession is Pervasive and Unavoidable. 28
II. Assisted Suicide Violates the Spirit and Letter of the Americans with
Disabilities Act by Treating Disabled People Differently and Conveying the
Message that Disabled Lives are Less Worthy 33
A. Assisted Suicide Denies People with Disabilities the Protection of
Generally Applicable Abuse, Neglect and Homicide Laws, and the
Equal Benefit of State Suicide Prevention Programs. 33
B. Assisted Suicide Promotes Ableist Beliefs that Disabled Lives Are Not
Worth Living, and Compounds the Injustice Experienced by Disabled
People. 34
III. Requests for Assisted Suicide are Intrinsically Intertwined with Social
Stigma, Isolation, and Lack of Services, and are Best Addressed by
Increasing Access to Supportive Care and Treatment. 36
A. The Primary Reasons for Requesting Assisted Suicide are the Functions
of Psychological and Social Distress. 36
B. For People in Pain, Alternatives to Assisted Suicide Exist. 38
IV. Purported Safeguards for Assisted Suicide are inadequate 40
A. B. C. D. E. The Experience in Oregon Illustrates the Dangers of Assisted Suicide. 40
California’s Roll Back of Critical Safeguards Illustrates that Safeguards
can be Easily Eliminated ........................................................................ 44
The Diagnosis and Prognosis of a “Terminal Condition” is Inherently
Uncertain. ............................................................................................... 45
Assisted Suicide Can Easily Expand Beyond the Terminally Ill. .......... 47
Limiting Assisted Suicide to "Voluntary" Requests Will Fail to Protect
People with Disabilities from Abuse. ..................................................... 50
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Yeppp and this is why 19 disability rights organizations wrote a very useful Amicus brief when the issue was raised in the MA Supreme Court back in 2023. The court kicked it over to the legislature, who I hope will not take it up. Nothing about us without us. dredf.org/wp-content/u...
dredf.org
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
We need to hear cis people and cis politicians talking like this. Swiftly destroying anti-trans rhetoric with compassion, care, and facts ⬇️
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
And special love for those who openly support Trans kids.
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Anything less than this response from a Democrat is unacceptable. Trans rights are human rights, fix your hearts 🏳️‍⚧️🫶. ⬇️
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
When you understand the vulnerability, the stress, and the danger of being a trans kid … that almost half of them try to commit suicide? You think we're going to punish those kids? We're going to cut them off from team sports, from participating in the community, from fun? It’s like, No we're not.
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
What the heck is wrong with this person? Seth, “I don’t want trans kids playing on the same field as my daughter but I’m not supposed to say that” Moulton himself. I feel like I’m gonna throw up. It’s such obvious political posturing. But he never took back his comments, and we remember.
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I stg if the democrats actually run on this “platform” of keeping kids “safe online” or whatever they’re calling it 😓😥🫣. It’s embarrassing and dishonest. We just want healthcare.
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Horatio Pornviewer @stuntbirdarmy.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I gotta be honest, setting reasonable limits on the technology for my kids is really easy and I would like the democrats to help with literally any other aspect of having children instead of
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Please help me get the word out. I am asking not currently disabled people to commit to watching Crip Camp this weekend. It’s only 90 minutes long! It’s on Netflix! It’s family friendly! But it’s also an incredible primer on disability rights. erinryanhey.substack.com/p/disabled-p...
erinryanhey.substack.com
Disabled People Need You to Watch the Documentary ‘Crip Camp’
Don’t Wait Another Weekend
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
“You will learn about history that I can almost guarantee you did not learn in school. You will laugh and probably cry. But most importantly, you will gain the knowledge necessary to fight back against the administration’s vile crusade against disability rights.” open.substack.com/pub/erinryan...
open.substack.com
Disabled People Need You to Watch the Documentary ‘Crip Camp’
Don’t Wait Another Weekend
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Do you guys have ANY idea to how close we were to the Scots being in Boston during The Tall Ships™️??
A line of tall ships with huge masts and a large crowd on the docks in Boston in the late 1990s
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Joe Kennedy 3 famous tweet from 2020: Not a single patient should be forced to fight off medical bankruptcy in the midst of a global health pandemic without a lawyer by their side.
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
And if you’re a not currently disabled person who has not seen the film yet: PLEASE move it to the top of your list. It’s on Netflix. It tells the astonishing story of the very rights the regime is trying to take away. The disability community needs you to be informed. Don’t wait.
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
We need community screenings of Crip Camp this July (disability pride). It’s not just about a summer camp. It’s about the nation’s 1st independent living center. It’s about the fight for our lives. Not currently disabled allies, here’s your chance to support us - let’s go. cripcamp.com
cripcamp.com
Crip Camp | A Disability Revolution
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
::smashes loud mechanical stamp:: APPROVED
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Erin Ryan Hey ♿️ @erinryanhey.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
chills
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A lot of the “kids online safety” proponents actually are anti-LGBTQ extremists and fundamentalists who want kids to have less freedom and don’t care if that actually makes them tremendously less safe too
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